Gustav van Treeck

Lead glass window Jesus on the Mount of Olives from 1913 in the Catholic Church of St. Cyriakus in Krefeld-Hüls

Gustav van Treeck (born June 1, 1854 in Hüls near Krefeld , † January 12, 1930 in Munich ) was a German glass painter .

Born the son of a glass painter, van Treeck studied at the Nuremberg Art School from 1867 to 1872 . From 1873 he worked in Munich, and in 1888 he set up his own glass painting workshop there. He was a member of the Munich Association for Christian Art . In 1903 he was given the title of “Royal Bavarian Court Glass Painter”.

Gustav van Treeck mainly made lead glass windows for churches in Germany, Switzerland and the USA. His success is evidenced not least by being awarded gold medals at the world exhibitions in Chicago and Barcelona . The glass painting workshop he founded in Munich was taken over by his sons Karl van Treeck, Gustav van Treeck jun. and Konrad van Treeck sen. continued and still exists today.

literature

Heinersdorff: The glass painting. 1914.
Munich Latest News , No. 416/1917 (from August 19, 1917)
The Christian Art 1929/30 (26th year), p. 288

Web links

Commons : Gustav van Treeck - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Gustav van Treeck court glass painting

Individual evidence

^ Association for Christian Art in Munich (ed.): Festgabe in memory of the 50th year. Anniversary. Lentner'sche Hofbuchhandlung, Munich 1910, p. 166.

personal data
SURNAME	Treeck, Gustav van
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Royal Bavarian court glass painter
DATE OF BIRTH	June 1, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hüls near Krefeld
DATE OF DEATH	January 12, 1930
Place of death	Munich

[1] Association for Christian Art in Munich (ed.): Festgabe in memory of the 50th year. Anniversary. Lentner'sche Hofbuchhandlung, Munich 1910, p. 166.